PAYDAY™ The Heist

PAYDAY™ The Heist

Steam Deck Playable

OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio. · FPS · Oct 20, 2011

Yes, worth buying.

At $9.99. It has been as low as $3.29.

93%
Very Positive
41k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 57 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 36 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 41k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
64% of themes are praise18% are divided18% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay is based around completing heists with a party of four people including you.
57 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
The best co-op game out there which 4 friends (or 4 total strangers) can have a blast playing the role of a high profile carrier criminal.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
You play the role of one of the four main characters in the game, Dallas, Chains, Wolf or Hoxton.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
Without the DLC you can still join lobbies running them but not be able to get few achievements tied with the 2 heists.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Good untiring graphics
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
+ Immersive soundtrack and voice-over interaction between characters.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Gameplay57 reviews
Co-op32 reviews
Story and characters26 reviews
Multiplayer24 reviews
Graphics19 reviews
Audio17 reviews
Performance16 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Cheating8 reviews
88%
Interface7 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat36 reviews
100%
Difficulty28 reviews
96%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.29.

5 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
56
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.